Nature and Science April 2025 Recent Releases The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue: A Story of Climate and Hope on One American Street by Mike Tidwell Chronicles a year of climate change impacts on a single urban block near Washington, D.C., intertwining personal stories of neighbors battling environmental and social challenges with reflections on the ethical dilemmas of geoengineering as a last-ditch effort to combat the crisis. Ocean: Earth's Last Wilderness by David Attenborough Award-winning broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough and longtime collaborator Colin Butfield present a powerful call to action focused on our planet's oceans, exploring how critical this habitat is for the survival of humanity and the earth's future. Mulberries in the Rain: Growing Permaculture Plants for Food and Friendship by Ryan Blosser This unique, beautifully illustrated handbook breaks new ground in social permaculture while providing a deep hands-on dive into creating thriving foodscapes. Required reading for anyone who seeks a deeper connection to people and place, and a more resilient future. The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking by Leor Zmigrod Explores how political and social beliefs are shaped by the brain's structure and cognitive processes, revealing how rigid ideologies become ingrained, their roots in nature and nurture, and the societal implications of this research, offering strategies to foster open-mindedness across the ideological spectrum. Revered Roots: Ancestral Teachings and Wisdom of Wild, Edible, and Medicinal Plants by LoriAnn Bird An Indigenous Métis author and herbalist first reveals her own journey to understanding and respecting our plant elders, and then provides insightful illustrated plant profiles detailing the identification, uses, and Indigenous folklore of some of the continent's most treasured ancestral plants. Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy by Rebecca Tuhus-dubrow The inside story of how nuclear energy—long considered scary, controversial, and even apocalyptic—has become the hot topic of the climate debate, and perhaps a vital power source of the future. Birds, Sex and Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin's Strangest Idea by Matt Ridley The New York Times bestselling author of Genome and The Evolution of Everything revisits Darwin’s revelatory theory of mate choice through the close study of the peculiar rituals of birds, and considers how this mating process complicates our own view of human evolution. How To Feed the World: The History and Future of Food by Vaclav Smil Geography professor Vaclav Smil’s book about the world’s food supply, while sounding some alarms, takes an optimistic view provided we start implementing sustainable agricultural practices and changing food policy immediately, and provides abundant data to back up his arguments. For other practical discussions about world food issues, try The End of Plenty by Joel K. Bourne Jr. or How the World Eats by Julian Baggini. Contact your librarian for more great books! Brantford Public Library 173 Colborne Street Brantford, Ontario N3T 2G8 519-756-2220 www.brantfordlibrary.ca